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Killadelphia, Vol. 1: Sins of the Father by Jason Shawn Alexander, Rodney Barnes, Luis Nct
3.0

Received an ARC through Edelweiss. Opinions are my own. This comic melds horror with noir detective fiction with action. It's meant to be aesthetic fun. The art is a stand out. The dramatic poses and muted colors worked well with the melodrama. Even when blood isn't being spilled, the art of the vampires is still unsettling. I don't think the story was supposed to be that serious - megalomaniac big bad must be stopped. The characters are trope-y: hard-nosed detective dad, estranged son, love interest. If I'd been more into the history and this genre meld, I wouldn't have minded as much, but the story wasn't doing much for me.